# addict
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)

### Pronunciation

* (noun)
** enPR: ădʹĭkt, IPA: /ˈæd.ɪkt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (verb)
** enPR: ə-dĭktʹ, IPA: /əˈdɪkt/
*** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Rhymes: -ɪkt

### Noun

addict (plural addicts)
* A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
    a heroin addict
    He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.
** 2006 June 25, Benoit Denizet-Lewis, “An Anti-Addiction Pill?”, in The New York Times Magazine‎:Those nonaddicts who picked a winning card had increased blood flow to the striatum, but the gambling addicts who picked the right card had much less of it (their reward system was less active).
** 2011 August 1, Richard A. Friedman, “Who Falls to Addiction, and Who Is Unscathed?”, in The New York Times‎:A stressful environment in which there is ready access to drugs can trump a low genetic risk of addiction in these animals. The same may be true for humans, too. And that’s a notion many find hard to believe: Just about anyone, regardless of baseline genetic risk, can become an addict under the right circumstances.
* An adherent or fan (of something).

#### Synonyms

* (person who is addicted): junkie (one addicted to a drug), slave
* (adherent or fan): adherent, aficionado, devotee, enthusiast, fan, habitue
* See also Thesaurus:addict

#### Derived terms

* addictlike
* addictology
* addictovigilance
* cinemaddict
* coaddict
* cocaine addict
* cyberaddict
* dope addict
* drug addict
* nonaddict
* pseudoaddict
* sex addict

#### Related terms

* addiction
* addictive
* dictate

#### Translations

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### Verb

addict (third-person singular simple present addicts, present participle addicting, simple past and past participle addicted)
* (transitive, Ancient Rome) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision. [from 16th c.]
* (reflexive, now rare, archaic) To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc. [from 16th c.]
** 1640–1706, John Evelyn, “(please specify the date of the diary entry)”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:They addict themselves to the civil law.
** 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 88, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:Having resided some time in this place, we returned to the other country-house which we had left, where lord B— addicted himself so much to hunting, and other male diversions, that I began to think he neglected me […] .
* (transitive, obsolete) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something. [16th–18th c.]
* (reflexive, obsolete) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc. [16th–19th c.]
* (transitive, now rare, archaic) To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc. [from 16th c.]
** January 19, 1754, Samuel Johnson, The Adventurer, number 126:That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.
* (transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted. [from 17th c.]
** a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.

#### Synonyms

* (cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug): get (someone) hooked
* (devote): consecrate, dedicate, devote
* (adapt): adapt, fit

#### Derived terms

* addicting
* addictive
* readdict

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: adik
* → Tagalog: adik

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* didact

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin addictus or perhaps English addict.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

addict m (plural addicts, feminine addicte)
* addict

#### Related terms

* addiction

## Scots
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əˈdik(t)/

### Noun

addict (plural addicts)
* an addict

### Verb

addict (third-person singular simple present addicts, present participle addictin, simple past addictit, past participle addictit)
* to addict

### References

* Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.